Real-time plant nutrition prescription
AssigneePlatte Chemical Company
InventorThomas W. Greensides
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Abstract
A system and method for translating plant tissue analysis results into nutritional supplement recommendations. A tissue analysis is performed on plant samples from a treatable area of plants. The tissue analysis results indicate current nutrient levels in the plant. The tissue analysis results are applied as inputs to rule-based logic that selects entries from an expert database. The expert database includes nutritional amendment information including specific products, application rates, and application intervals intended to restore the plant nutrient levels to desired values.
Claims18
A method of prescribing plant nutrients comprising:
- obtaining tissue analysis results for plant samples from a treatable area of plants, the tissue analysis results indicating a current nutrient level in the plant;
- providing an expert database of nutritional supplement recommendations;
- using the tissue analysis results to select entries from the expert database;
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- compiling the selected entries to form a prescription for plant nutrients.
A plant nutrient management service comprising:
- receiving plant tissue samples;
- performing tissue analysis on the received samples to identify a current nutrient profile for the plant;
- comparing the current nutrient profile to a desired nutrient profile to identify deviations;
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- considering the identified deviations together, generating a nutritional supplement plan to cause the plant nutrient profile to approach the desired nutrient profile.
A system for managing plant nutrients comprising:
- an interface for receiving plant tissue analysis reports comprising raw data about current nutrient levels in a plant;
- an expert database comprising a plurality of entries, wherein at least some entries are associated with a particular nutrient product and indicating nutrient supplement regimens for the associated product;
- product selection logic acting on the current nutrient levels to identify shortfalls between current nutrient levels and desired nutrient levels, and identify entries in the expert database indicating regimens suitable to achieve the desired nutrient levels;
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- prioritization logic acting on the identified entries to select from the identified entries a subset of entries that are suitable to achieve the desired nutrient levels of particular nutrients in favor of other nutrients.
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